McCann wins District 2 election

Over 500 members attended Lorain-Medina Rural Electric's 88th Annual Meeting on July 9 via Zoom, where Brady McCann was officially announced as the winner of the District 2 election for the cooperative's board of directors.

McCann, a resident of Pittsfield Township in Lorain County, ran against LMRE member John Ciarrone in the general election. He began his duties as the representative of District 2 at the July board meeting, a position previously held by longtime board member Jim McConnell, who retired from the board at the completion of his term in June.

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Couldn't make this year's annual meeting? A recording of the event is available on the LMRE website.

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LMRE introducing new phone payment number in September

The cooperative will be conducting scheduled maintenance on our payment systems on Sept. 4, beginning around 8:30 a.m. This will temporarily shut down the systems, and members will not be able to make payments during this time.

After the maintenance, LMRE members will use a new phone number to make payments: 833-619-0879.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at 440-647-2133.

LMRE People Fund grants just under $1,000 at the July meeting

The LMRE People Fund awarded one organization $969.78 at its July meeting.

Belden Historical Society - Reconditioning of Veterans' Honor Board pavilion roof

📢 Attention High School Students! 📢

Are you a sophomore or junior interested in history, government, and the political world? Lorain-Medina Rural Electric invites you to attend this year’s Cooperative Youth Day in Columbus on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024!

✨ What's included? ✨

Tour of the Ohio Statehouse

Visits with state legislators

The Ohio Statehouse Museum

The Ohio History Center

Free breakfast and lunch!

🗓️ Apply by September 20, 2024!

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Welcome to the co-op! Nick Szuhy joins LMRE

LMRE is excited to welcome Groundman Nick Szuhy to the cooperative team. Nick joined the co-op on July 15.

In his role, he will assist the line crews and complete training at COLT.

Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative will be closed on Sept. 2 for Labor Day.

LMRE announces Finton as the new FESCO Manager of Energy Services

Andrew Finton has been named Manager of Energy Services for LMRE and its sister cooperative, North Central Electric, in Attica, Ohio.

Finton began his new role on August 12 overseeing the Energy Services division. Before taking on this role, he served as an energy advisor at both LMRE and NCE, and joined the cooperatives in 2016.

June outage report

LMRE experienced 47 outages in June, most of which were caused by birds and animals.

The longest outage occurred during the wind storm that swept through LMRE's service territory in June. This outage was due to an equipment issue with First Energy, who suffered severe damage to their lines and poles (which LMRE has joint use of) following the storm.

LMRE rerouted power in the short term to restore service to our members within a few hours while First Energy crews worked on major repairs to their damaged equipment. LMRE crews returned the next morning and worked well into the night to repair the portions of our system affected.

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Lorain-Medina Rural Electric brings safety demonstration to Lorain County Fairgrounds

In July, LMRE Safety Coordinator Mike Stahl and apprentice linemen Nick Keys and Logan Sponsler conducted a live line safety demonstration for the Wellington Firefighter's Association and other surrounding departments. It's always a pleasure to provide electric safety knowledge to the people in our neighborhoods! If you or an organization you know is interested in scheduling a live-line safety demonstration, please contact us at 440-647-2133.

A look inside this month's Ohio Cooperative Living

The August issue of Ohio Cooperative Living is now available online! LMRE-specific information begins on page 17, and highlights include:

Resource adequacy vs. grid reliability
The difference between baseload and intermittent power and why it matters
Three students represent LMRE in Washington, D.C.
Energy tip: Swim into savings by lowering your pool pump energy use
Do you have unclaimed capital credits?

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